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donald trump is telling everyone one of the reasons he's endorsing mitt romney is because romney is super tough on china. and trump is a great china basher. does this mean now that governor romney will be more of a china basher? >> well, larry, we should all be for free trade, but we shouldn't be for being stupid. and when somebody cheats, whether it's china or anyone else, we should call them on it. what mitt romney has said and i think thoughtfully and accurately is we want to be for free trade, but when we know when we know there's manipulation or violations, we're going to call them on it, we're going to call it as it is, not pull our punches, and if necessary, we'll impose consequences. i don't think there's anything wrong with that that's anti-free trade, it's anti-cheating. >> anti-cheating, but also labeling china a currency manipulator, many are fearful that will trigger a trade war. >> they are a currency manipulator, larry. i don't think -- the alternative is to turn our heads, duck, bob, weave, not be strong enough to call it as it is. mitt romney has the courage and fortitude
donald trump is telling everyone one of the reasons he's endorsing mitt romney is because romney is super tough on china. and trump is a great china basher. does this mean now that governor romney will be more of a china basher? >> well, larry, we should all be for free trade, but we shouldn't be for being stupid. and when somebody cheats, whether it's china or anyone else, we should call them on it. what mitt romney has said and i think thoughtfully and accurately is we want to be for...
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romney was not in favor of any more revenues and romney debunked that and said, look, we're in favor of revenues, and i think he was largely speaking for the republican party at that point. we're in favor of more revenues. the ryan budget, for example, had revenue assumptions in it. so i think what's got to happen is that both sides have to let the other team take a victory lap. let republicans come into this debate where we keep tax rates low and reasonable and predictable and drive toward tax reform next year. democrats can come into the debate and claim a victory and say, well, we're interested in more revenues. the key is, can we get to these underlying situations and that is entitlement reform. that's where the action is. >> okay. but how realistic is it to postpone or extend everything for a year? as i understand it, this was in the "wall street journal" editorial page this morning and i've heard this elsewhere, that mr. boehner would like to just extend the tax cuts and i don't know what you all are going to do about spending. nobody ever wants to cut spending. is that realist
romney was not in favor of any more revenues and romney debunked that and said, look, we're in favor of revenues, and i think he was largely speaking for the republican party at that point. we're in favor of more revenues. the ryan budget, for example, had revenue assumptions in it. so i think what's got to happen is that both sides have to let the other team take a victory lap. let republicans come into this debate where we keep tax rates low and reasonable and predictable and drive toward tax...
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>> can romney win? >> yes. >> 23 million unemployed. >> why are our conservative brothers and sisters so panicky. i agree with you. we have to see the debates. i didn't think the convention was very good. >> i loved it. >> i was there and i covered it. finally this week he is talking about tax cuts and take-home pay. >> he has to talk about obamacare and obama care. >> i have a type of romney today. watch this for a second. we'll get your response. >> thank you mr. president,. it is an honor to be here this morning and i appreciate your kind words and that introduction is touching. if there is one thing we have learned in this election season by the way, it is that a few words from bill clinton can do a man a lot of good. [ applause ] >> all i got to do now is wait a couple of days for that bounce to happen so. >> in all honesty, okay how can he not be likeable. that was a nice thing to say, clever. maybe somebody gave it to him. >> i think he is very likeable. he is a square. >> hip has nearly wrecked
>> can romney win? >> yes. >> 23 million unemployed. >> why are our conservative brothers and sisters so panicky. i agree with you. we have to see the debates. i didn't think the convention was very good. >> i loved it. >> i was there and i covered it. finally this week he is talking about tax cuts and take-home pay. >> he has to talk about obamacare and obama care. >> i have a type of romney today. watch this for a second. we'll get your...
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looks to me speaker boehner and mitt romney are beginning to box president obama into a corner on this. the president can't get a deal done in time. let bring in joy reid, manager editor and a miami columnist and bob terrell, founder and editor of the "american spectator" and author of "the death of liberalism." tony, you have romney on the campaign trail making really good sharp edged speeches about debt, spending and damage to the economy. you have boehner almost heroic in washington saying let's get these tax cuts extended sooner rather than later. what's obama going to do? they're boxing obama in, are they not? >> first of all, any time you mention a pinscher maneuver, three chairs to you. you have romney finding his voice, especially a couple weeks ago when he started talking about a government censored society. with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conversation you have -- the problem is the party doesn't trust john boehner. >
looks to me speaker boehner and mitt romney are beginning to box president obama into a corner on this. the president can't get a deal done in time. let bring in joy reid, manager editor and a miami columnist and bob terrell, founder and editor of the "american spectator" and author of "the death of liberalism." tony, you have romney on the campaign trail making really good sharp edged speeches about debt, spending and damage to the economy. you have boehner almost heroic in...
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romney in the white house, mrs. pelosi if she remains, will go on defense and they will look like the chicago bears. >> you are talking about process. you need to talk about results. too much at stake this year. we're looking right now, if nothing is done, we are looking at predicting 4% growth with 2 million new jobs. if we go off the fiscal cliff, backward no, jobs. >> the house, senate and white house. dream scenario, or catastrophe? >> it depends. >> 2013, give to up. >> you also have a senate that is probably not filibuster free, so they will be there, and you will have mitt romney, not an ideologue. probably a time in history made for this man this guy governed in massachusetts this is the guy who was not an ideologue. he makes deals. >> that's why the base doesn't like him. >> exactly. >> and what was a liability in the primary is now a strength in the general election. >> i'm so sorry. >> bill clinton, is he available? >> i think constitutionally, no. >> in his mind, i bet he is thank you. many thanks to joh
romney in the white house, mrs. pelosi if she remains, will go on defense and they will look like the chicago bears. >> you are talking about process. you need to talk about results. too much at stake this year. we're looking right now, if nothing is done, we are looking at predicting 4% growth with 2 million new jobs. if we go off the fiscal cliff, backward no, jobs. >> the house, senate and white house. dream scenario, or catastrophe? >> it depends. >> 2013, give to...
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joining us with with reaction from the romney campaign we welcome back tim pawlenty, a key romney spokesman. great to see you, sir. >> good to be with you, larry. >> let me just ask you. i know there is class war fare and nobody likes that. in some sense did president obama beat you, get a leg up on middle class tax cut message today? is that possible? >> well, this is not something new for the president. it's hard for him to get something that's a leg up for something he's been talking about for years. bottom line is this. you've got a president who believes in class war fare. we have a country where maybe 5% of the country is entrepreneurs. that becomes 6 to 9% we have people starting and growing more businesses, more jobs we have a bright future. the number becomes 1, 2% we are in deep doo-doo. he doesn't understand growth, the private economy, that employment and formation of capital. he doesn't respect it. he's kicking the entrepreneurs in the shin. >> i know those are the campaign points. when i interviewed governor romney he talked about middle class tax cut. in his case it's a perma
joining us with with reaction from the romney campaign we welcome back tim pawlenty, a key romney spokesman. great to see you, sir. >> good to be with you, larry. >> let me just ask you. i know there is class war fare and nobody likes that. in some sense did president obama beat you, get a leg up on middle class tax cut message today? is that possible? >> well, this is not something new for the president. it's hard for him to get something that's a leg up for something he's...
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i was with romney in georgetown on wednesday. he is not going negative on santorum and he want it play a role in this party. mitt romney is in the spot. >> newt is going to play a role in the party. that's the whole point. this is george w. baush's party. it is not newt gingrich's party. newt came out of nowhere. ne >> he doesn't want to be a spoiler, right, rick? >> newt doesn't want to be a bringer. wen't it bring the party back to the party that used to went on conservative principles. >> the problem for gingrich, even if he want it change the party and make it a big campaign, he may not have the money or any momentum. he has it make a decision before august whether it is right to stay in the race as a candidate. >> seriously, the money machine has been stopped. so i wreckon that will have a tough impact on your ad. >> right. >> at what point does newt take elder statesman role, talk on the issues as robert costa says, but essential i withdraw from the race. >> fe withdrawes from the race, it is over 500 in the district. peopl
i was with romney in georgetown on wednesday. he is not going negative on santorum and he want it play a role in this party. mitt romney is in the spot. >> newt is going to play a role in the party. that's the whole point. this is george w. baush's party. it is not newt gingrich's party. newt came out of nowhere. ne >> he doesn't want to be a spoiler, right, rick? >> newt doesn't want to be a bringer. wen't it bring the party back to the party that used to went on conservative...
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mitt romney has the experience to make that happen. it's one of the reasons that i've endorsed him. >> what about mitt's new tax plan? he has 20% tax cut. he combines that with spending cuts, entitlement reform and therefore deficit and debt reduction. does that message connect in ohio or does ohio want something more specific to the blue collar middle class? >> well, i think his tax plan has a lot to offer people at all levels. remember, it's tax cuts for everybody who pays taxes. but beyond that, the real key here is nobody goes into the voting booth and says i wonder whose tax plan i like better. that's part of the formula, i suppose, of what people think about but at the end of the day they want to know they've got a president that stands the economy. mr. obama clearly doesn't. and is going to be able to get the economy moving again. that man is mitt romney. >> i ask you the same question, asked governor deal. do you want to see the republicans talk economic growth or do you want to see them talk socialish use? >> i don't think we
mitt romney has the experience to make that happen. it's one of the reasons that i've endorsed him. >> what about mitt's new tax plan? he has 20% tax cut. he combines that with spending cuts, entitlement reform and therefore deficit and debt reduction. does that message connect in ohio or does ohio want something more specific to the blue collar middle class? >> well, i think his tax plan has a lot to offer people at all levels. remember, it's tax cuts for everybody who pays taxes....
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romney looks tough. much more on kudlow coming up. [ camera shutters clicking ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] announcing southwest airlines nationwide sale, with flights all over the country starting at only 69 dollars one-way. hurry and book now, only at southwest.com. ♪ since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> just seven minutes north until the top of the hour with the illinois polls closing, we pulled out our calculator to see what the candidates need to do to clinch the nomination? amman joins us now with the details. good evening. >> good evening, larry. well, so much of this campaign has been about in recent days the delegate math. that is, how many delegates each of the
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problems and when you go to those supersecret videos, it was romney being tough, it was romney being honest. he didn't get the 47% correct but he has the thesis. we got to see more videos about this, we have to see more happening online. >> big government entitlements versus opportunity and growth. how simple can that be? romney is a terribly smart man, i have known him, i have interviewed him buy can't he blast away at big government entitlements versus an opportunity society for growth. >> never confuse the issues. i want him to be a smart man, i also want him to know how to ball his fist. that's the issue. in the thee rhett kl not in the actual. in the thee rhett kl you have to be able to ball your fist and punch through. >> right now i these everybody's confused. >>> coming up, why is president obama trying to kill the coal industry? that's next, killing coal. now, that's what i call a test drive. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now durin
problems and when you go to those supersecret videos, it was romney being tough, it was romney being honest. he didn't get the 47% correct but he has the thesis. we got to see more videos about this, we have to see more happening online. >> big government entitlements versus opportunity and growth. how simple can that be? romney is a terribly smart man, i have known him, i have interviewed him buy can't he blast away at big government entitlements versus an opportunity society for growth....
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now mitt romney is a leader. mitt romney is a deal maker. do you think romney will say you're going to foster a recession with your attitude on this fiscal cliff? >> look at the attitude on the campaign trail, romney has a debt clock behind him, he's with boehner all the time, he wants to talk about the debt. >> i don't want to talk about debt, i want to talk about growth, growth, growth. >>> paul ryan says the president wants us to have four more years of the same, can we afford it? the numbers out from the congressional research service, they show that federal and state governments combined have spent $1.03 trillion on welfare. it's a 32% increase in federal spending on welfare just since fiscal year 2008. we need to talk about this. i'm now joined by john berenstein, and douglas eken who's president of the american action forum. >> this kind of numbers, it bankrupting the government, it's ruining the work ethic of the country and they're trying to buy the election, just like fdr, spend and spend. buy and buy. >> first of all, let's be cle
now mitt romney is a leader. mitt romney is a deal maker. do you think romney will say you're going to foster a recession with your attitude on this fiscal cliff? >> look at the attitude on the campaign trail, romney has a debt clock behind him, he's with boehner all the time, he wants to talk about the debt. >> i don't want to talk about debt, i want to talk about growth, growth, growth. >>> paul ryan says the president wants us to have four more years of the same, can we...
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let me go back to romney for a second, t.j. a, are you confident that romney can make the case that he's the guy? and b, are you confident of romney? just period. are you confident? is he the right guy? >> well, romney is one of my a.b.o. candidates. anybody but obama. certainly he's got the intellect to do it. i am very concerned because he's done some obama-like things. you know, the massachusetts health care plan. socializing health care in massachusetts is not something a person who deeply believed in free markets would do. so i'm concerned about that. but if he campaigns, i believe he's an honorable man. and if he campaigns about government spending and socialistic policies, then he's kind of obliged to follow through on the other end. certainly he has the capability of doing it and he has the skill set to do it. >> t.j., is there a better pick in the republican litter, a gingrich pick, a santorum pick, a ron paul pick? i'll give you the last word on this one. >> well, i like ron paul. but that's kind of an idealistic pipe
let me go back to romney for a second, t.j. a, are you confident that romney can make the case that he's the guy? and b, are you confident of romney? just period. are you confident? is he the right guy? >> well, romney is one of my a.b.o. candidates. anybody but obama. certainly he's got the intellect to do it. i am very concerned because he's done some obama-like things. you know, the massachusetts health care plan. socializing health care in massachusetts is not something a person who...
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he was on romney's message. he said you can cut taxes, cut spending, balance the budget, grow the economy. you can be a truth teller on entitlements and republicans aren't in favor of teacher unions. they are in favor of teachers. >> right. >> i saw he was right on message. >> i think what people are used to is more off the cuff and bombastic. he doesn't usually use a teleprompter. if you take into the context it was a prepared speech, it was chris christie. still a powerful speech. >> i think he advanced the republican message. but i don't think he tied it to mitt romney. he tied it to chris christie. over and over again, this is what i have done in jersey. pea, he didn't mention 9.8 unemployment in new jersey but he talked about what he did there and the stuff about romney and this is supposed to be about mitt romney, was minuscule. there are a lot of ways to sell mitt romney. i know you like him but the reputation isn't as a teller of hard truths. his reputation is a guy who can fix it and get things done. he
he was on romney's message. he said you can cut taxes, cut spending, balance the budget, grow the economy. you can be a truth teller on entitlements and republicans aren't in favor of teacher unions. they are in favor of teachers. >> right. >> i saw he was right on message. >> i think what people are used to is more off the cuff and bombastic. he doesn't usually use a teleprompter. if you take into the context it was a prepared speech, it was chris christie. still a powerful...
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that's what romney has to do. the thing he has to accomplish personally in this debate is to tear into santorum, show this guy -- people say i'm not conservative. but like newt gingrich this guy no better than i am, if you want the guy that can win, you vote for me. this is the successful strategy that romney used against gingrich. he showed, this guy is feeding at the trough as a historian lobbyist. you might think i'm bad, but this guy is certainly no better. i think that that's a good point that romney can make against santorum, certainly. >> listen, jason, i just heard dave talk about newt gingrich. first time i've heard gingrich's name in about a month whatever happened to newt gingrich? >> his campaign has been declared dead twice. i don't think we should do it again. the calendar now favors newt gingrich. if he brawls back in this debate, steals the show, which he's very capable of doing, the best debater on stage. we move into the southern states where he will have a leg up and an advantage. if he does med
that's what romney has to do. the thing he has to accomplish personally in this debate is to tear into santorum, show this guy -- people say i'm not conservative. but like newt gingrich this guy no better than i am, if you want the guy that can win, you vote for me. this is the successful strategy that romney used against gingrich. he showed, this guy is feeding at the trough as a historian lobbyist. you might think i'm bad, but this guy is certainly no better. i think that that's a good point...
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mitt romney can do it. he's done it in the private sector and as a chief executive at the state level. he can do it for america. and i think in wisconsin, iowa, ohio, we respect that and we want that from our leader. >> and one last quick one. i'm not going to ask you about ohio. everybody does and i'm not. i want to though about iowa. rasmussen likely voters today. romney 49, obama 48. i don't think the republicans have carried iowa since 1492. can you actually win in iowa? this could be huge. >> i think so. i just -- on a person a note, i was born in colorado springs, i lived in iowa until i was in third grade and spent the rest of my life in the great state of wisconsin. i lived in now 00 third of all the battleground states in america. and each of those states, we saw two weeks ago just outside of denver, new jersey crowds for romney and iowa. the people who appreciate mid western roots. and we're definitely seeing that kind of support building in the state of wisconsin. the key will be voter turnout. t
mitt romney can do it. he's done it in the private sector and as a chief executive at the state level. he can do it for america. and i think in wisconsin, iowa, ohio, we respect that and we want that from our leader. >> and one last quick one. i'm not going to ask you about ohio. everybody does and i'm not. i want to though about iowa. rasmussen likely voters today. romney 49, obama 48. i don't think the republicans have carried iowa since 1492. can you actually win in iowa? this could be...
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that's what romney should say. this recovery is built on debt and cheap credit. >> governor rendell, i want to ask you -- let's put it different. i know you're a former dnc chairman. i know you're a very successful democratic governor. if you were advising romney, ed rendell, if you were advising romney, would you tell him to follow in bernanke's footsteps antsz bernanke had pessimistic statements about the economy. wouldn't it behoove romney to do that? i know he's not doing it. but if he wants to win, shouldn't he do that? >> the first thing i'd advise him to never mention foreign affairs never again. that would be number one. number two is, yeah, i would try to take and milk this for all that it's worth, but i think, larry, a very fair interpretation and i know you won't let me be fair, but a fair interpretation of this is the economy needs to be stimulated. it isn't recovering as fast as possible. congress has thwarted every attempt including the jobs bill in october of last year which had every component of it
that's what romney should say. this recovery is built on debt and cheap credit. >> governor rendell, i want to ask you -- let's put it different. i know you're a former dnc chairman. i know you're a very successful democratic governor. if you were advising romney, ed rendell, if you were advising romney, would you tell him to follow in bernanke's footsteps antsz bernanke had pessimistic statements about the economy. wouldn't it behoove romney to do that? i know he's not doing it. but if...
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romney went on the attack. cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us with all the details. good evening, john. >> this was a jobs report that hit the obama white house hard because it affirmed a spring slowdown, the third in a row at a critical point in the election cycle and it had president obama acknowledging this is not the recovery that he's looking for. >> the economy is growing again, but it's not growing as fast as we want it to grow. our businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months, but as we learned in today's jobs report, we're still not creating them as fast as we want. >> now, gallup affirmed that this is going to be a neck and neck race. their three-week average, 46% obama, 46% romney. mitt romney hustled on to cnbc to try to move the needle on those numbers to point the finger directly at president obama. >> the president's policies with regards to taxation, regulation, as well as trade policies, labor policies, all of them have made it less likely
romney went on the attack. cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us with all the details. good evening, john. >> this was a jobs report that hit the obama white house hard because it affirmed a spring slowdown, the third in a row at a critical point in the election cycle and it had president obama acknowledging this is not the recovery that he's looking for. >> the economy is growing again, but it's not growing as fast as we want it to grow. our businesses have...
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i'm here campaigning with mitt romney. we need somebody in the house that will actually see the problem for what it is and get this debt under control before it gets out of our control and that's why i'm saying we need a new president. >> all right. we'll leave it there. paul ryan, budget chair, defendant in today's trial. spoke well for himself. thank you very much. at romney head quarters in milwaukee, wisconsin, and up next, primary night in wisconsin. primaries in maryland, washington, d.c., 92 delegates are at stake. just minutes to go. will this be a tipping point for romney to wrap up the race tonight? maybe not, but he'll be well on his way. your money, your vote, coming up next. need any help? uh, nope. just, uh, checking out my ad. nice. but, you know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really d
i'm here campaigning with mitt romney. we need somebody in the house that will actually see the problem for what it is and get this debt under control before it gets out of our control and that's why i'm saying we need a new president. >> all right. we'll leave it there. paul ryan, budget chair, defendant in today's trial. spoke well for himself. thank you very much. at romney head quarters in milwaukee, wisconsin, and up next, primary night in wisconsin. primaries in maryland,...
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weaknesses, he has romney care. we know about that. and he made a gaffe regarding the very poor and came out for a stronger safety net where obama basically agree with him and he came out for a higher minimum wage, indexing for inflation, and obama agrees with him. is that his problem he is not very different from the president? >> i think the gaffe on the poor was unfortunate, er he should n have said it. but the attacks on him are almost like democratic attacks against him, i understand what he is saying. he was saying there's help for the poor and the rich are taken care of, it the middle class this that needs the help. he would have been better off if he said it the way newt said it, we need to give the poor a trampoline and not a safety net. in saying i do not care about the poor because they have a safety net, it sounds like we are going to trap them there. we will keep them locked up in a safety net. the idea is, what we should be doing is trying to create opportunity for them, which is what i did when i was
weaknesses, he has romney care. we know about that. and he made a gaffe regarding the very poor and came out for a stronger safety net where obama basically agree with him and he came out for a higher minimum wage, indexing for inflation, and obama agrees with him. is that his problem he is not very different from the president? >> i think the gaffe on the poor was unfortunate, er he should n have said it. but the attacks on him are almost like democratic attacks against him, i understand...
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how does romney counter the assault which is an assault against romney care? >> if i were mitt romney's strategist, i would put my head down and go right through it. romney is going to win the nomination. he is going to have a tough time. last night was a little step forward, but not as much as he needed. it's going to be tough, but he has to slog through this. he cannot move any farther to the right. he has hurt himself dramatically on things like immigration, birth control. he's got to stay where he is. let santorum beat him up. santorum doesn't have the money or the votes to catch him. >> just take it. >> when he gets through the general election, then he can move to a more moderate position, and the republicans are not going to veto for obama, they're going to vote for romney. >> including interstate health and savings accounts. carly, thank you very much. i'm sorry i accused of being for romney. i'll never do that again. howard dean and the great steve moore. i appreciate it very much. coming up on "kudlow," the nation's top ceo put out an important repor
how does romney counter the assault which is an assault against romney care? >> if i were mitt romney's strategist, i would put my head down and go right through it. romney is going to win the nomination. he is going to have a tough time. last night was a little step forward, but not as much as he needed. it's going to be tough, but he has to slog through this. he cannot move any farther to the right. he has hurt himself dramatically on things like immigration, birth control. he's got to...
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should romney -- romney is not quite the tax reformer paul ryan is. should he adopt the plan of 10, 20? >> absolutely. one thing paul ryan understands, we talk about spending like it's an abstraction. that's taking resources from people. you take resources from people, put it in the political factory and politics where the resources go. one, that's immoral. two it hurts growth and the creation of more resources. >> absolutely. i always say that. people make fun of me. star of the beast. beast being the government. great stuff. his new book, the freedom mon fes to is available right now. coming up on kudlow, a fire storm over missouri republican congressman todd akin and his abhorrent remarks about rape. what he said was terrible. it was inexcusable. everybody knows that. we'll ask one of the most powerful women in the senate why it's important he gets out of the race immediately. that's next up. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation
should romney -- romney is not quite the tax reformer paul ryan is. should he adopt the plan of 10, 20? >> absolutely. one thing paul ryan understands, we talk about spending like it's an abstraction. that's taking resources from people. you take resources from people, put it in the political factory and politics where the resources go. one, that's immoral. two it hurts growth and the creation of more resources. >> absolutely. i always say that. people make fun of me. star of the...
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does mitt romney get it? our kudlow congress is going to come back in session and see if nick can make the break through. >>> welcome back to the kudlow report, i'm larry kudlow, in this half hour, hold your breath. if bush tax cuts are not extended, watch those popular home short sales being stopped short. that's very important, could cause a wave in foreclosures and another wave in the journey turn in housing. and if that doesn't scare you, it's the first monday in october. and the key issues this year, affirmative action, same sex action, will the john roberts supreme court continue to reshape the country in a liberal or conservative direction? that's what we need to know. 36 days remaining until the election, sometime for some tough love on tax policies. paul ryan appeared on fox news sunday to talk taxes. i thought ryan did rather well, take a listen. >> our pro growth tax reform, it cuts taxes by 20%, higher take home for the mid class, that right there creates about 7 million jobs. it's not what deduct
does mitt romney get it? our kudlow congress is going to come back in session and see if nick can make the break through. >>> welcome back to the kudlow report, i'm larry kudlow, in this half hour, hold your breath. if bush tax cuts are not extended, watch those popular home short sales being stopped short. that's very important, could cause a wave in foreclosures and another wave in the journey turn in housing. and if that doesn't scare you, it's the first monday in october. and the...
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this time targeting romney's association with donald trump. cnbc's john harwood has all the gory details. good evening, john. >> reporter: good evening, larry. this is the night that mitt romney is going to go over the top, but he's not in the state, texas, that is going to put him over with its primary. he is instead in nevada. i think you can see a live picture of him now. he is trying to keep the focus on why he would be a better steward of the economy than barack obama. >> we need to have presidents who understand how this economy works day to day, small business, middle size business, big business. i do. i want to use that experience to get us to work again. a. >> now, of course, team obama is trying to make mitt romney pay a price for the fact that he's attending a fund-raiser with donald trump tonight. donald trump was on our air this morning on "squawk box" repeating his questioning of president obama's birth certificate. but this is not a subject that mitt romney wants to deal with. in fact, he put out a statement saying he believes b
this time targeting romney's association with donald trump. cnbc's john harwood has all the gory details. good evening, john. >> reporter: good evening, larry. this is the night that mitt romney is going to go over the top, but he's not in the state, texas, that is going to put him over with its primary. he is instead in nevada. i think you can see a live picture of him now. he is trying to keep the focus on why he would be a better steward of the economy than barack obama. >> we...
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what are the romney plans? >> i believe the house and the nat in my judgment will have the majority to pass votes to put off the taxes and allow the romney administration to reform. the question is, what would a lame duck president barack obama do when such a bill comes to his desk. i think the house republicans are going to pass something like this. but if the republicans win this election, as i think they're going to, there's going to be a bunch of democrats that are not going to want to immediately come back at the election and stand in the way of republicans preventing us from going over the cliff. >> order number one. but you have to have a president coming to the end of his term that cares more about the country than his ideology. >> top romney economic adviser. up next on kudlow, kentucky republican senator rand paul is going to make his prime time to the convention tomorrow evening. we get a sneak preview tonight. i don't spend money on gasoline. i don't have to use gas. i am probably going to the gas s
what are the romney plans? >> i believe the house and the nat in my judgment will have the majority to pass votes to put off the taxes and allow the romney administration to reform. the question is, what would a lame duck president barack obama do when such a bill comes to his desk. i think the house republicans are going to pass something like this. but if the republicans win this election, as i think they're going to, there's going to be a bunch of democrats that are not going to want...
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romney? >> i think we'll hear them -- >> you will hear a lot of bio. >> in tuesday night's speech he talked about george romney. he feels like he has a narrative problem as well and not just details on his economic land, you will hear family stories and stuff about his mormon faith. he needs to convince conservatives not only that he's one of them, but that he has a heart. >> i think the biothing is terrific. i'm not here to judge and i'm not in that game, i just think people want to know why mr. romney is the man, specifically and prescriptivprescriptively, e man to make the economy better and to make the budget bankruptcy go away and to solve the entitlement problems for a balanced budget and i think he has to be prescriptive on that. i am sure he's listening. >> biois about me -- >> but he'll talk more about conservatives and what they care about and why that's important. >> i sincerely hopes he clears up this minimum wage thing. >> thank you, gentlemen. robert costa, we appreciate the inp
romney? >> i think we'll hear them -- >> you will hear a lot of bio. >> in tuesday night's speech he talked about george romney. he feels like he has a narrative problem as well and not just details on his economic land, you will hear family stories and stuff about his mormon faith. he needs to convince conservatives not only that he's one of them, but that he has a heart. >> i think the biothing is terrific. i'm not here to judge and i'm not in that game, i just think...
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mitt romney releases his 2011. his rate was 14.1% higher than the 8.2% than the average american household pays. more than he needed to pay, in fact, and the amount given to charity almost $4 million, twice as much as the president. the romney campaign is finally pushing the new cycle instead of following it as some republicans have been charging. romney telling "60 minutes," listen to this. >> it doesn't need a turnaround. we have a campaign which is tied with the incumbent president of the united states, but is that enough 46 days before the election? also tonight, so the president says he has come to learn that you can't change washington from the inside. reminder that he ran in 2008 as an outsider, pitching change against senator john mccain. learn learned, what else has the president learned in his three years in office? the markets closed flat for the day mostly, and flat for the week. tonight we're getting hard numbers on what falling off the fiscal cliff could mean and what it could cost the markets, 20%, a
mitt romney releases his 2011. his rate was 14.1% higher than the 8.2% than the average american household pays. more than he needed to pay, in fact, and the amount given to charity almost $4 million, twice as much as the president. the romney campaign is finally pushing the new cycle instead of following it as some republicans have been charging. romney telling "60 minutes," listen to this. >> it doesn't need a turnaround. we have a campaign which is tied with the incumbent...
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where is romney's growth message? >> i think that mitt romney is an individual has a tremendous track record in terms of being able to grow jobs. i mean certainly in the private sector, he has experienced beyond even imagination what the president has. >> biography is great and everybody agrees. but the question is message. remember reagan, four or five points, very effective stuff? well, mitt romney replicate that? >> i would say this, number one the track record was there. and number two, when he was governor of massachusetts, he was able to deliver results because he worked with the democratic legislature. part of the problem is this president has been unable to bring everybody together under a growth message. you know that this president's idea of growth is bank bailouts, auto bailouts, housing bailouts, and then cash for clunkers, cash f for. mitt romney's growth agenda is about tax reform. it's about regulatory reform, it's about increasing trade in this country and making sure that government is put back in its
where is romney's growth message? >> i think that mitt romney is an individual has a tremendous track record in terms of being able to grow jobs. i mean certainly in the private sector, he has experienced beyond even imagination what the president has. >> biography is great and everybody agrees. but the question is message. remember reagan, four or five points, very effective stuff? well, mitt romney replicate that? >> i would say this, number one the track record was there....
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will romney call him on it? will romney be able to make the defensive case? >> romney does need to call him out. nothing wrong with being successful and earning your way to success. and romney has created jobs, he's helped support american families by the jobs he's created. he's what i call a turn around guy. taken problems and turned those things around. whether it's been his own state, olympics, companies that he worked for. he's a turn around, problem solving type guy and we need a president that will be able to turn this national economy around and really deal with the problems that america faces. >> it's interesting. governor chris christie this morning at the conference said compromise is not a dirty word, as long as you stick to your principles. i want to ask you, that the way romney will operate? is he the guy that can engage and make a deal to solve the spending and entitled and tax reform problems without giving in on his principles? >> i would hope so. i mean, he's been the governor of massachusetts, so it's not his first time running a government
will romney call him on it? will romney be able to make the defensive case? >> romney does need to call him out. nothing wrong with being successful and earning your way to success. and romney has created jobs, he's helped support american families by the jobs he's created. he's what i call a turn around guy. taken problems and turned those things around. whether it's been his own state, olympics, companies that he worked for. he's a turn around, problem solving type guy and we need a...
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how do you assess a romney victory? >> what becomes important is the effect on capital gains and dividend taxes. we as investors view asset investments on an after-tax basis. they make those particular investments more attractive, and we saw this with respect to to t cool stocks. >> the average small business has 2.5 employees, the average is over 5. small businesses get a boom in that. >> i don't disagree with what you're saying but i focus on the tax policy. >> they'll go sky high if romney loses and skier higher because of obama care. >> that said, just to repeat, i disagree. >> all detriments to growth. >> detriments to growth. if romney wins, the odds of obama care being fully repealed are virtually nil. >> the worst aspects of it -- no one can appreciate that future. let me make two points. the worst aspects, the money onerous spending and taxing aspects of obama care may be repealed. secondly, romney made a deal to stop the fiscal tax cliff. he will start in right away. >> assuming he takes the senate. >> this is
how do you assess a romney victory? >> what becomes important is the effect on capital gains and dividend taxes. we as investors view asset investments on an after-tax basis. they make those particular investments more attractive, and we saw this with respect to to t cool stocks. >> the average small business has 2.5 employees, the average is over 5. small businesses get a boom in that. >> i don't disagree with what you're saying but i focus on the tax policy. >> they'll...
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romney on the state of the race. he tells supporters i will quote don't get too worked up about the latest polling. it will be a fight to the finish, folks, the battle ground states still up for grabs, our political pros face off next where we are in the presidential race. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> welcome back to t"the kudlo report." at this hour, president obama and his former chicago education secretary are missing in action as tens of thousands of teachers go on strike in the windy city for outrageous salary and benefit increases, all of that with terrible student performa
romney on the state of the race. he tells supporters i will quote don't get too worked up about the latest polling. it will be a fight to the finish, folks, the battle ground states still up for grabs, our political pros face off next where we are in the presidential race. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like...
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what if romney wins? what if romney wins? do they disappear for a while, or is it just a little bit of a respite and they come right back out of the woodwork? >> well, they certainly didn't disappear with george w. bush. i mean, they were ruthless, so i don't think they are going to disappear. i just -- i just pray we do win. i pray romney does win. >> okay. if i put romney right in with you right now, what advice would you give him? okay. looked a little shaky lately. the polls are still close though. he seems to be coming back with my kind of supply side tax cut package. what would you say? >> to romney? >> right now. >> i've had him on my show and he has a spark. he has -- i was asking some elementary questions. he has a reagan quality about him, and if he could just hone in on that a little bit. just trust his charisma and his ability to really nurture the american people, and if people can zone into that, he does have a bit of a reagan quality, i believe. >> i mean, don't you -- i've called it the mo
what if romney wins? what if romney wins? do they disappear for a while, or is it just a little bit of a respite and they come right back out of the woodwork? >> well, they certainly didn't disappear with george w. bush. i mean, they were ruthless, so i don't think they are going to disappear. i just -- i just pray we do win. i pray romney does win. >> okay. if i put romney right in with you right now, what advice would you give him? okay. looked a little shaky lately. the polls are...
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could romney actually do that? >> i'm more bullish on romney winning but i'm a little bearish on getting to 330. i think high 280s to low 300s is more like it. you have a storm going up the atlantic seaboard. romney's had one surge in the last three weeks which has made him competitive to ahead in several battleground states. the question is does he have a second surge come the final weekend of the election. what happened in 1980, reagan had one surge after the debate but then he had a gigantic surge the final weekend. reagan upon 50.1% of the popular vote in 1980. and he won 90% of the electoral college because all these midwestern states tumbled to him. >> right. the first debate was a blowout for romney. the second and third debates, it's possible president obama won on little technical points, although it was very close. look at these polls coming in. "the washington post"/abc poll today, for the first time -- they've switched to likely voters for the first time, romney gets his 50%. i believe obama's 47%. that
could romney actually do that? >> i'm more bullish on romney winning but i'm a little bearish on getting to 330. i think high 280s to low 300s is more like it. you have a storm going up the atlantic seaboard. romney's had one surge in the last three weeks which has made him competitive to ahead in several battleground states. the question is does he have a second surge come the final weekend of the election. what happened in 1980, reagan had one surge after the debate but then he had a...
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romney, santorum. now, that gives the power of competition, and i'm saying competition may lead to the further education of mitt romney. that's right. follow this. santorum is pounding romney on health care. and mr. romney must -- and i repeat must. he's got to have a better explanation why romney care in massachusetts is truly different from obama care nationwide. that's where santorum is pounding, and just as mitt romney tailors his education with a good tax cut, he's got to tailor it for a much better explanation on romney care versus obama care. it's a must in order to win over conservatives in illinois and the other primary states ahead. that's my take. so let's talk. we have republican strategist terry holt, former senior adviser from the bush/cheney 2000 and '04 campaign, and we welcome back bill hennesy. terry, let me ask you. i want to make this as simple as possible. i think santorum had a good night last night and reset his campaign and it's a two-man race. feel free to disagree, but what's
romney, santorum. now, that gives the power of competition, and i'm saying competition may lead to the further education of mitt romney. that's right. follow this. santorum is pounding romney on health care. and mr. romney must -- and i repeat must. he's got to have a better explanation why romney care in massachusetts is truly different from obama care nationwide. that's where santorum is pounding, and just as mitt romney tailors his education with a good tax cut, he's got to tailor it for a...
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clearly the romney campaign wants to make sure the romney folks don't define their candidate as somebody who's been responsible for the erosion of middle class jobs in this country. >> while he was defending himself, did former governor romney say anything to defend bane capital and the swiz bampbs account flap? >> not that i heard. most of what they're talking about is if it's a good idea or not to extend the bush tax cuts, as you knee romney wants to extend the bush tax cuts for everybody. there's a real class conflict just buried at the center of this conflict. >>> the battle lines have been drawn in this tax showdown. is this a great big tax hike on investors? let's bring in our distinguished guest. chicago booth school of business, former chair council of economic advisers under president obama. good evening, austin. >> also with us, jim demint. mr. defint, if i may begin with you. according to the joint tax committee, 940,000 taxpayers essentially representing small business people will be affected by this tax hike. and according to the brookings institute, the number is actualactu
clearly the romney campaign wants to make sure the romney folks don't define their candidate as somebody who's been responsible for the erosion of middle class jobs in this country. >> while he was defending himself, did former governor romney say anything to defend bane capital and the swiz bampbs account flap? >> not that i heard. most of what they're talking about is if it's a good idea or not to extend the bush tax cuts, as you knee romney wants to extend the bush tax cuts for...
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does romney have the growth message? does romney have a reagan message? does romney have a jack kemp message? does romney have a tax cutting message. can romney say to folks i can do it better and here's why. your satisfied with romney's message? >> his message is steadily getting better and more focused. but i wouldn't under estimate how well he's done already. if you got a challenger whose up on the biggest single issue facing the country by 49-43, despite the elite media, despite an enormous expenditure by obama this summer -- remember the obama campaign was outspending the romney campaign by a huge margin with negative ad after negative ad after negative ad. for romney to be up in this environment says he's doing something right. part of it, ironically something you and i talked about earlier when it didn't work in my campaign and we're watching it didn't work in obama's campaign is bain. what they do is remind independents he's a businessman. so what's happened is all of this is reminding people gee, if this is a terrible economy, who do i think will
does romney have the growth message? does romney have a reagan message? does romney have a jack kemp message? does romney have a tax cutting message. can romney say to folks i can do it better and here's why. your satisfied with romney's message? >> his message is steadily getting better and more focused. but i wouldn't under estimate how well he's done already. if you got a challenger whose up on the biggest single issue facing the country by 49-43, despite the elite media, despite an...
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romney is strong with republican voters. if suburban voters flip, romney has a real shot in the keystone state. >> if republicans are always worried about wasteful spending, this is a perfect example of wasteful spending. they don't spend any money in minnesota at all. >> one at a time. >> it's not that long ago. >> 1972 is the last time minnesota voted for a republican. >> i hate to say it, but it was richard nixon. now i've said it. robert costa, i want you to challenge my friend keith boykins. you're saying there's a horse race in michigan, and wisconsin. the numbers in wisconsin look even up. and in iowa, where the liberal des moines register just endorsed romney. so there could be some real midwestern upsets, huh? >> the point in wisconsin is true. keith boykins is right. wisconsin was wisconsin was boston by four points. the milwaukee suburbs, they went very strong for scott walker in that recall election this past summer. if that republican ground game is pretty good in wisconsin, for romney, just as for was for walke
romney is strong with republican voters. if suburban voters flip, romney has a real shot in the keystone state. >> if republicans are always worried about wasteful spending, this is a perfect example of wasteful spending. they don't spend any money in minnesota at all. >> one at a time. >> it's not that long ago. >> 1972 is the last time minnesota voted for a republican. >> i hate to say it, but it was richard nixon. now i've said it. robert costa, i want you to...
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person, to prop up romney. romney in the 80s was an independent. he gives money to democratic candidates for congress, votes for paul tsongas, the most liberal candidate and runs for the senate to the left of teddy kennedy and says i was never for the reagan and bush policies, i am an independent, i would not want to bring them back. this is the campaign. he was the -- romney is the anti-reagan republican. this is the campaign somehow trying to smear me and distort my entire history. you know personally, larry, that we worked on supply side economics before reagan adopted it, worked to pass it in '81 with reagan and to have the anti-reagan, which is what romney is, decide he's going to disrupt my historic record is typical of the romney campaign. >> if you look at the atlanta constitution journal, i defended you. i didn't get the anti-conservative memo. i'm just here to ask questions. you know your bain capital thing is driving me crazy, you know that, i got to put it out from the heart. >> that's fine. >> you
person, to prop up romney. romney in the 80s was an independent. he gives money to democratic candidates for congress, votes for paul tsongas, the most liberal candidate and runs for the senate to the left of teddy kennedy and says i was never for the reagan and bush policies, i am an independent, i would not want to bring them back. this is the campaign. he was the -- romney is the anti-reagan republican. this is the campaign somehow trying to smear me and distort my entire history. you know...
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but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer, try to calm him down. i want you to hear from mitt romney some little parcels of his speech in des moines, iowa. just listen to this for a minute. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and across the nation. the time has come for a president, a leader who will lead. i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. >> all right. that's it. i'm going to go to david goodfriend. because you worked -- you actually worked for a responsible president regarding the budget, quite unlike this one. so this whole thing, a prairie fire debt sweeping across iowa and the nation. i will lead us ou
but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer, try to calm him down. i want you to hear from mitt romney some...
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about mitt romney. that's the subject of a lot of the obama and democratic attack ads. when you rough it all out, that leaves on issues these three advantages for both sides. barack obama, the incumbent democratic president, has a 16 percentage point edge on who would be better looking out for the middle class. mitt romney's got a seven point edge on who would be better at handling the economy. that's going to be where the hinge of this election, the competition, the collision of those two strengths and weaknesses through election day. back to you, larry. >> many thanks to our own john harwood. while president obama is busy on the campaign trail trashing republican pro-growth policies especially mitt romney, he made one shocking claim himself. please take a listen. >> just like we've tried their plan, we tried our plan, and it worked. that's the difference. that's the choice in this election. that's why i'm running for a second term. >> really, mr. president? it worked? this is the worst recovery in mod
about mitt romney. that's the subject of a lot of the obama and democratic attack ads. when you rough it all out, that leaves on issues these three advantages for both sides. barack obama, the incumbent democratic president, has a 16 percentage point edge on who would be better looking out for the middle class. mitt romney's got a seven point edge on who would be better at handling the economy. that's going to be where the hinge of this election, the competition, the collision of those two...
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by most accounts mitt romney will have a commanding victory tonight. is this it for romney? >> well, we'll see. we don't know who will win. the polls say certain things. florida is a difficult state to poll and people have been voting for a week now so it's not clear how that will turn out. florida, and one of the reasons why i always supported moving florida up is because it is so indicative of the country. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina have a difficult place in the process and it's a microcosm of the country and the argument i would make is that if you win in florida and especially if you win decisively, i think it positions you to do very well in the general election and i'm not saying the campaign will end tomorrow. i'm not calling for anyone to drop out. all i'm saying is ultimately at the end of the day, if you win a primary in florida especially if you win decisively, you can make a compelling argument to get a strong general election candidate. >> let me move on to other things. the cbo budget office put out a gloomy report today, 8.9% unemployment this year an
by most accounts mitt romney will have a commanding victory tonight. is this it for romney? >> well, we'll see. we don't know who will win. the polls say certain things. florida is a difficult state to poll and people have been voting for a week now so it's not clear how that will turn out. florida, and one of the reasons why i always supported moving florida up is because it is so indicative of the country. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina have a difficult place in the process and...
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rasmussen reports romney 50, obama 47. gallup, romney leads the president by five. romney 51, obama 46. that number 50 is really crucial. meanwhile romney spoke in ames, iowa today and he talked growth,er talked take home pay. take a listen. >> last quarter our economy grew at just 2%. after the stimulus was passed the white house promised that the economy would now be growing at 4.3%. over twice as fast. we're going to create 12 million new jobs in just four years. we'll see rising take home pay. and we'll get americans economy growing at 4% a year more than double this year's rate. >> all right. that's pretty upbeat and even specific message. very interesting. let's talk about this. what will seal the deal for mitt romney. here's our cnbc contributors. jimmy, today was an economics day. romney gave a pretty uplifting speech. sthapt what he should do the? >> listen to that speech well delivered. i couldn't help thinking that was the speech he should have given down in tampa a month or so ago. it was focused on what he wanted to do. very clearly outlined the wrong p
rasmussen reports romney 50, obama 47. gallup, romney leads the president by five. romney 51, obama 46. that number 50 is really crucial. meanwhile romney spoke in ames, iowa today and he talked growth,er talked take home pay. take a listen. >> last quarter our economy grew at just 2%. after the stimulus was passed the white house promised that the economy would now be growing at 4.3%. over twice as fast. we're going to create 12 million new jobs in just four years. we'll see rising take...
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let's talk about mitt romney. this is a campaign of choices and contrasts. we have yet to hear a single vision from mitt romney on national security and foreign policy. embrace the olympics? >> this president said he would deal directly with north korea, iran, the rogue states. those situations are all deteriorating. governor romney is coming -- will come in promising to restore american values around the world, restore the trust of israel, poland, the czech republic who all feel betrayed or undercut by this administration. that's a vision for the future. >> the vision i have seen from mitt romney is in the united states. the foreign policy seems to be to go to the olympics. is he dealing with venezuela at the olympics? he has not given a single vision about what he'll do differently. >> chris, big story in the wall street journal. republicans make big push for jewish voters. a lot of disenchanted jewish voters don't like the way president obama handled relations with israel and mr. netanyahu, the famous open mike. but there are other examples. do you expect
let's talk about mitt romney. this is a campaign of choices and contrasts. we have yet to hear a single vision from mitt romney on national security and foreign policy. embrace the olympics? >> this president said he would deal directly with north korea, iran, the rogue states. those situations are all deteriorating. governor romney is coming -- will come in promising to restore american values around the world, restore the trust of israel, poland, the czech republic who all feel betrayed...
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romney is the guy who gets stuff done. your man doesn't seem to be able to get it done. >> again, with all due respect that's a caricature, he does have the capacity to do that but there's no question the congressional republicans made a decision once they had the power to not do anything that would give obama any advantage going into the re-elect. that's power politics, he's a big boy. obama had to deal with that. but the idea there's a real, real superiority on one side or the other in dealing across a dysfunctional divided washington -- >> who better than a private equity deal maker to keep america out of bankruptcy and start growing again? who better? you guys are great. thanks for hanging out. matt miller, alex castellanos. that's it for this evening's show. i still think romney is a conservative reformer and i thnk he won the debate last night. bob, these projections... they're... optimistic. productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy...
romney is the guy who gets stuff done. your man doesn't seem to be able to get it done. >> again, with all due respect that's a caricature, he does have the capacity to do that but there's no question the congressional republicans made a decision once they had the power to not do anything that would give obama any advantage going into the re-elect. that's power politics, he's a big boy. obama had to deal with that. but the idea there's a real, real superiority on one side or the other in...
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small businessman want romney. if it was up to them, the election would be over. >> 56% would vote for romney, 36% would vote for obama. obama, by the way, counters that with a 17-point lead nong those who work for the government. on the public payroll, they support obama. entrepreneurs goes to the other direction. >> who's got the -- do private entrepreneurs have nor votes or public union workers? >> there are more entrepreneurs. and really, this defines the whole issue. what is your issue of what drives the economy? the entrepreneurial free enterprise system or is it the government? is is that's the deciding point in the election, it's very good news for mitt romney. >> if you ask me, it's the entrepreneurs. oh, i thought you were asking me a question. >> i knew that one. i knew how you would answer. >> all right. let me ask you another poll on your website today. the majority of voters want lower taxes and lower spending in order to improve the economy. >> well, larry, i will ask you a question. what's the diffe
small businessman want romney. if it was up to them, the election would be over. >> 56% would vote for romney, 36% would vote for obama. obama, by the way, counters that with a 17-point lead nong those who work for the government. on the public payroll, they support obama. entrepreneurs goes to the other direction. >> who's got the -- do private entrepreneurs have nor votes or public union workers? >> there are more entrepreneurs. and really, this defines the whole issue. what...
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it's not mitt romney standard. they constantly want to say it's mitt romney, it's george bush, it's the republicans in the house. they've got to acknowledge the reality of history. they controlled congress for two years with everything. not a simple majority. the whole deal. >> larry, what is sean suggesting? is he suggesting -- sean, let me ask you. are you suggesting that losing 800,000 jobs a month is better? are you suggesting that a decline of gdp of 8.6% in the fourth quarter -- >> no, no, no. >> let me finish. of 2008 is better? of course we're better off than we were four years ago. by the way to, your question, larry -- >> wait, not four years. i'll give you -- >> romney has surrounded himself with -- guess what -- the bush economic advisors that presided over the worst economic performance since the great depression. it is george bush's third term that romney is running for. >> brad, let me get my point in here. we have the worst labor participation rate since 1981. more americans are choosing not to work
it's not mitt romney standard. they constantly want to say it's mitt romney, it's george bush, it's the republicans in the house. they've got to acknowledge the reality of history. they controlled congress for two years with everything. not a simple majority. the whole deal. >> larry, what is sean suggesting? is he suggesting -- sean, let me ask you. are you suggesting that losing 800,000 jobs a month is better? are you suggesting that a decline of gdp of 8.6% in the fourth quarter --...
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anybody but romney and then anybody but obama. >> okay, so if -- >> really, if romney gets the nomination, maybe the other tea partiers on the more conservative side will as he said it hold their noses and vote for mitt. >> well, of course, they're going to hold their nose and vote for mitt. you have to understand the tea party doesn't have a specific candidate. nobody fits the bill completely. that's why we're focused on senate races, keeping the house, control the senate, control of the house, and if mitt romney is the nominee and that's still an if, let's make sure we stick the conservative principles that allow him to stick to conservative principles. >> he is the tea party -- can we say the tea party? as you just implied, the tea party is hundreds of groups all over the country with different visions, different people. is it cohesive enough to even have the kind of impact you're talking about? >> of course. and to say anything otherwise is false. the tea party is fully prepared and fully actualized in feeding statism and ending the slide of big-government spending. if we have mitt ro
anybody but romney and then anybody but obama. >> okay, so if -- >> really, if romney gets the nomination, maybe the other tea partiers on the more conservative side will as he said it hold their noses and vote for mitt. >> well, of course, they're going to hold their nose and vote for mitt. you have to understand the tea party doesn't have a specific candidate. nobody fits the bill completely. that's why we're focused on senate races, keeping the house, control the senate,...
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romney. what's your reaction? i thought this would be a great spot for to you respond to this santorum business. >> well, if everybody -- if anybody would check the record very carefully, you know, i have had in the ads as well, or earlier on and called him a flip-flopper and all these things. but i think -- you know, i think it's partially strategy. you know, if i have to compete against mitt romney, i have to take away the votes from the other people who are competing with me. so it's a bit of strategy. but it's also -- he's top of the polls right now. i'm very honest about his voting record. it wasn't like i'm making it up. and i try very hard to stick to the voting record when i criticize. but he really wasn't a very good conservative when he was in the senate. >> no, that's the thing. you called him a fake during the debate. and i wondered if you'd expand on that thought. >> well, it was whether or not i would defend him. because that's in our ad. because he pretends he's the most conser
romney. what's your reaction? i thought this would be a great spot for to you respond to this santorum business. >> well, if everybody -- if anybody would check the record very carefully, you know, i have had in the ads as well, or earlier on and called him a flip-flopper and all these things. but i think -- you know, i think it's partially strategy. you know, if i have to compete against mitt romney, i have to take away the votes from the other people who are competing with me. so it's a...
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and my guess is if governor romney is president romney there will be a lot more focus at the treasury and at the budget office in the very near term. >> and you're right. taxing and budgeting and spending is going to be a huge thing. but look, i was there in reagan's first term and it was a hell of a ride with the fed driving -- paul volcker driving interest rates to 20% to conquer double-digit inflation. now, reagan met with volcker on a regular basis. and it turns out reagan gave volcker the ground to stand on to fight inflation. a lot of reagan's advisers disagreed. but the gipper said you do what you have to do, i can't get a recovery, and my tax cuts won't work until we get inflation and interest rates down. okay. now, is it possible that a president romney brings bernanke in for lunches, just the way this game works, or consultations, and says you've got to raise interest rates, i'm getting reports that small businesses can't get hold of all the money, it's just big businesses and big banks? we're getting reports of higher inflation, we're getting reports that the dollar is fall
and my guess is if governor romney is president romney there will be a lot more focus at the treasury and at the budget office in the very near term. >> and you're right. taxing and budgeting and spending is going to be a huge thing. but look, i was there in reagan's first term and it was a hell of a ride with the fed driving -- paul volcker driving interest rates to 20% to conquer double-digit inflation. now, reagan met with volcker on a regular basis. and it turns out reagan gave...
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i would think romney is sympathetic. have you spoken to him and said, governor, i'd like to see these things in the republican platform? has that been going on? >> no, it really hasn't. we haven't had that opportunity. we run into each other in the campaign. most of it been more friendly, family-oriented conversation. never anything into a deep discussion. of course on the surface and in the debates i found out, as he probably did, too, we don't have a whole lot of precise agreements, you know, on our platform when it comes to foreign policy or monetary policy. but, you know, maybe tax policy. we're more -- it's more about it than just tax policy. we want to deal with the role of government and what we're supposed to be doing and this deficit, horrendous, and how that is connected to the monetizing of debt by the federal reserve. >> there's a rasmussen poll out gets 44%, obama gets 39%, ron paul gets 13%. i ask this question because in prior interviews you've said to me quite plainly you're not anticipating a third party
i would think romney is sympathetic. have you spoken to him and said, governor, i'd like to see these things in the republican platform? has that been going on? >> no, it really hasn't. we haven't had that opportunity. we run into each other in the campaign. most of it been more friendly, family-oriented conversation. never anything into a deep discussion. of course on the surface and in the debates i found out, as he probably did, too, we don't have a whole lot of precise agreements, you...
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i mean, do you think romney wins either way or does romney lose on this? >> i think clearly president obama loses if the key elements of obamacare are over ruled. if they are found to be unconstitutional. i will tell you why. he looks weak. he already has that problem. he doesn't see he can control events. he's buffetted by winds and forces beyond his control. same thing that happened to carter and what happened to barack obama in a serious way. i do not agree. i know a lot of my colleagues on the right think it might be a good thing for mitt romney if the law is upheld. i don't agree with that. i think if the law is upheld by the supreme court and particularly if it's upheld by a 6-3 vote with roberts voting with the majorityç then i thin you've got a problem. americans are tired of arguing about this. they don't want to refight the battles of health care. they will then listen to barack obama's line which is let's move forward, not back. >> david goodfriend, comment on that. if the law is upheld, obama will declare victory. i agree with michael. i thin
i mean, do you think romney wins either way or does romney lose on this? >> i think clearly president obama loses if the key elements of obamacare are over ruled. if they are found to be unconstitutional. i will tell you why. he looks weak. he already has that problem. he doesn't see he can control events. he's buffetted by winds and forces beyond his control. same thing that happened to carter and what happened to barack obama in a serious way. i do not agree. i know a lot of my...